Marble-shooter.



No. 778,046. 'PATENTEDDEO. 20. 1904.

- A. KJELLMAN.

MARBLE SHOOTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITE STATES Patented December 20, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

MARBLE-SHOOTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,046, dated December20, 1904.

Application filed January 14, 1903. Serial No. 139,039.

To aZZ whmn it may concern:

Be it 'known that I, ALnXIUs KJELLMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kipple, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Marble-Shooters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in toys, and more particularly tothe class of marble-shooters.

The object of my invention is to provide a toy of this character whichwill project or shoot a marble or other spherical bodies without injuryto the hands and at the same time provide a device in which said bodycan be accurately shot. p

Another object of my invention is to provide an article of thischaracter which is simple, cheap, and effective in its operation and onewhich is not liable to get out of working order on account of itssimplicity.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 2 is a side view showing the marblein the act of leaving the outer ends of the spring members. Fig. 3 is atop plan view. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view.

Referring now to the drawings, A represents the handle, which may be ofany form desired, but preferably that shown in the drawings. As shown,the handle is made of a single piece of wrought metal bent in the formshown and riveted together at a. The abutting faces of the ends thereofare provided with semicircular grooves or depressed portions to, andthus it will be seen that the two main members B and O are clampedtherebetween and rigidly held in said position. The lower member B iscomposed of a single piece of wire doubled at Z) and havingabroadportion and slightly curved downwardly at b and looped at b and the freeends secured between the two faces of the handle in the manner beforedescribed. By having the loops 6 it is seen that the outer end thereofhas a more resilient movement, the purpose of which will be hereinaftermore fully described. The upper member O is also made of wire and hasits looped end secured between the two faces of the handle in the samemanner as member B and is slightly inclined upwardly from the saidhandle and is curved upwardly and downwardly at c and is also curvedoutwardly at 0 as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and thus having a large openspace through which the marble D is adapted to be inserted. The outerfree ends of the said member are formed into eyes 0, which are adaptedto receive and support a pin or bearing E. The said bearing E is rigidlysecured in said eyes 0, and rotatably mounted thereon is a member F,which is also formed of a single piece of wire. The free ends of saidwire, of which the member F is composed, are bent into the form of eyesF, which are close together, and thus form a solid finger-hold for theoperator. Extending from said eyes are the straight portions f, and fromthe lower end of said portions f the Wire is bent around the pin orbearing E at f until it nearly strikes the straight portion f and isthen bent at nearly right angles thereto. The said right-angle portionis curved upwardly and downwardly at and the looped portion f 4 isnearly semicircular in shape.

The operation of my device is as follows: The marble D or any sphericalobject is placed into the large open space between the arms of uppermember C and rests upon the curved portion 6 of the lower member B, andthe member F is swung over on the pin E, and the curved portion. f restsupon the upper portion of the marble. In this position the marble isready to be shot from the device. By pressing upon the eyes F, formingthe finger-hold, and is forced downwardly, and thus it will be seen thatthe marble gradually forces the two members B and C apart and at thesame time is traveling on the lower member B until the outer end of thetwo members B and C have passed the center of the marble, when theresiliency of the two members throws the marble forward withconsiderable force. To repeat the operation, the member F is thrown frombetween the two members B and C and another marble inserted.

Having thus described my invention, what claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. A deviceof the character described, comprising a handle twooutwardly-extending elongated spring members, carried thereby,

means for supporting a marble between the same, and a pivoted membercarried by the upper spring member and adapted to force the marble frombetween the same, substantially as described.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a handle twooutwardly-extending spring-loops formed of wire carried by the handie,the upper member having an outwardlyflared portion adapted to receive amarble, a pivoted member carried by the upper spring member, and acurved portion carried by said member and adapted to engage the marbleand force the same from between the two spring members, substantially asdescribed.

3. Adevice of the character described, comprising a handle twooutwardly-extending spring-loops formed of wire carried by said handle,the upper member having an outwardly-flared portion adapted to allow amarble to be placed between the arms of the same, a pin carried by theouter end of said upper member, a member oscillating on said pin, acurved portion adapted to engage said marble and a handle carried bysaid oscillating member and adapted to throw the curved portiondownwardly, whereby the marble is forced from between the outer ends ofsaid spring members, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXIUS KJELLMAN.

Witnesses:

O. A. ANDERSON, J. L. B. MILLER.

